Once upon a time, a knight of the table (although not necessarily of the 'round' variety) galloped into Leg 2 of BBP League XIII to test his might. Every quest had been conquered, every dragon in the kingdom slayed, and the last damsel in distress already rescued (by Shrek, who probably did you a favour, mate). There wasn't much else to do, so, he laid down the lance, parked his trusty steed, tipped the stablehand, filled up his chalice, and... switched on the computer!
126 warriors - including the likes of Blue Belts Ross Jarvis and Jamie Burland - turned up for Leg 2, which commenced last Super Tuesday at the usual time of 19:30. A fierce battle ensued and before we knew it, we were down to two Yellow Belts: Shaun 'TableKnight' Herran-Venables and Mick 'FishtFuct' Williams.
Shaun eventually swung the sword and connected, eliminating his rival to reap the $144.95 first prize, 151 points and a guaranteed seat in the end-of-league SNG playoff (for the fourth BBP Live seat). Victory means Shaun is now 60th in the overall standings.
For his efforts, Mick 'FishtFuct' Williams, now 67th overall, bagged a princely $100.80 and 143 points - not bad for a $5 investment. Third place was claimed by Barrie 'rinkydinky23' Cullen, who binked $76.54 and 139 points. The Yellow Belt is now 71st and one spot behind League XII champion Mark 'bornTOflirt' Atkinson. Fourth and fifth spots were secured by Nottingham Live finalist Adam 'ACarey' Carey and League II champion Mark 'russellhansen' Brassington respectively.
1st TableKnight -- $144.95
2nd FishtFuct -- $100.80
3rd rinkydinky23 -- $76.54
4th ACarey -- $56.70
5th russellhansen -- $37.80
6th Essxhg -- $31.50
7th TheZartog -- $25.20
8th BubbleCloud -- $18.90
9th mrdroodle -- $15.75
10th ZoeRiZZ0 -- $14.17
11th browndog0 -- $14.17
12th sammyforever6 -- $14.17
13th SirNutFlopper -- 13.54
14th WiseOwlBB -- $13.54
15th nakgeela4 -- $13.54
16th NPStars1 -- $12.91
17th kippery -- $12.91
18th doochats -- $12.91
Top spot in the overall standings is currently shared by two Orange Belts: David 'kippery' Read and Andy 'mrdroodle' Erskine, who are both on 275 points. Ian 'FlopTheNuts77' Fox, who finished second in Leg 1, is sitting behind them with 249 points whilst Leg 1 winner Mark 'SebastianKat' Cooper has slipped out of the top 20 after crashing out in 119th place.
1st kippery -- 275 points
2nd mrdroodle -- 275 points
3rd FlopTheNuts77 -- 249 points
4th russellhansen -- 246 points
5th Sarannedipity -- 242 points
6th Touagorimou -- 236 points
7th Yosemity2207 -- 230 points
8th BubbleCloud -- 229 points
9th NPStars1 -- 227 points
10th rungoodPLS -- 222 points
11th doochats -- 220 points
12th fialie -- 216 points
13th plusEVldn -- 216 points
14th AlRawling -- 214 points
15th JHobbit1 -- 211 points
16th AngelVickie48 -- 208 points
17th Essxhg -- 205 points
18th BoraBoraBoy -- 204 points
19th clevski1 -- 203 points
20th Th3End1sN1gh -- 202 points
Even if you missed out in Leg 1 (like the top three finishers this week), don't worry because you still have plenty of time to make your mark in League XIII. The action will return for its third outing next week, same Bat time, same Bat channel.
On Wednesday at 20:00, we witnessed the return of the Slice of the Action Orange Belt Freeroll. This time around, we were awarding shares of Black Belt Sam Razavi in next month's UKIPT in Galway.
Last year, four lucky Orange Belts won in excess of $16,000 after Sam took down UKIPT Cork. Will he be able to repeat the feat in Ireland? There were 71 runners in last night's freeroll, which suggests he isn't short on support. Below are the players that won a piece of the pie:
1st NPenfold666 -- $100 sponsorship
2nd StakattakBBP -- $50 sponsorship
3rd ourkidsid -- $25 sponsorship
4th jfdiwins -- $25 sponsorship
Just 30 minutes later (at 20:30), 32 players dipped into the $15+1.5 Deepstack Mulligan. Orange Belt Spencer 'dionysian' Lawrence came out on top in that tournament. The top five also received Belt Points.
1st dionysian -- $177.60 (50 points)
2nd 99Ranny -- $120.00 (30 points)
3rd craigsidders -- $72.00 (10 points)
4th MRMANC -- $48.00 (5 points)
5th TartanSpecialI -- $26.40 (5 points)
6th S0lution -- $26.40
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Previous reports:
Week 1 - League XIII: Cool for 'SebastianKat'